Who's who?

A committee, whose names and e-mail addresses you will find below, administers the Trust. If you wish to contact us, in the first instance, please e-mail the Clerk 

The Founder of the Trust and Trustee: Mrs Elaine Bishop

Mrs John Bishop, the Trust’s founder and current chairman, pursued careers in archives and lexicography, in horticulture and in teaching, before becoming The Rector’s Wife, a role in which no previous experience is wasted!  In retirement her interests include stained glass, the “Gothic” craze and children’s literature in Victorian England, and book binding, both repairing old books and making new ones.

The Accountant Treasurer and Trustee: David Powell

David Powell is one of the original trustees. He is a Chartered Certified Accountant by profession. His interests include being a Churchwarden of St Dunstan-in-the-West in the City of London, Treasurer of the Anglican and Eastern Churches Association, a director of the Friends of the Anglican Centre in Rome, a Trustee of the Fulham Palace Trust and a Past Master of the Parish Clerks Company.

The Clerk and Trustee: The Revd Charles Card-Reynolds BD (Londin), MA (Cantab)

Clerk of the Trustees since 1999. He is vicar of the Parish of S. Bartholomew on Stamford Hill in London.

Trustee: Revd Peter Anthony

The Revd Peter Anthony was appointed a Trustee of the John Bishop Charitable Trust in May 2011, being a graduate student studying for a DPhil in New Testament.  He acts as Junior Dean of St Stephen’s House, Oxford.  He trained for ordination at St Stephen’s House, and served his curacy in Hendon, North London.  He is also the Junior Chaplain at Merton College Oxford.

The Abbey

The Abbey of Bec-Hellouin has a Website and email address but we ask that you do not contact them directly concerning matters to do with The John Bishop Charitable Trust. The Clerk to the Trustees will be happy to deal with your enquiry in the first instance.

www.abbayedubec.com